We all have “desires of the heart”, so what’s in your heart these days?

The first step in manifesting the desires of your heart is that you first have to “ask” for what you want.  Sometimes we forget that step.  You see, without asking, you will receive no answer.  It’s important, however, to note that before asking comes a sort of “pre-step” which is actually sitting down and figuring out exactly what the desires of your heart are. (We’ll go over that a little later.)

It says in Napoleon Hill’s classic book, “Think and Grow Rich“, that “The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man.”  “It has been said that man can create anything which he can imagine.”  This means that whatever you can “visualize” as being possible in your life, IF you believe, you can achieve it.

What is a belief? A thought that you repeat over and over until it turns into a belief.  All thoughts carry a Read More…

Negativity is in the air.

Just turn on the news and watch it for a few minutes or simply talk to one of your friends or family members who will be sure to tell you the world is falling apart.

Sometimes it’s hard to stay positive in a negative world. Many of us are having challenges and obstacles we’ve never had to encounter in our lives before.  I know I am.  Are you?

If you answered “Yes”, then I’ve got a few suggestions for you that I’ve embraced myself to keep my thoughts uplifted in these challenging times:

Step 1: Take a “time-out” to Regroup. You especially need to take a time-out if you are having lots of challenges and obstacles in your life right now. The free dictionary gives a great explanation on what “Re-grouping” is: “To reorganize for renewed effort, as after a temporary setback.”

Willie Jollie, author and jingle writer was famous for saying, “A setback is a setup for a comeback.” So right now you are being setup for a Comeback!  In order to clear you mind, take a day off.  That’s right — a whole day off!  Turn off the cell phone (at minimum) and if possible, the computer and all your technology gadgets and connections to the outside world and simply sit outside in nature.

I sat on my veranda this morning and watched the leaves fall, felt the warm breeze on my face, soaked up the sun’s rays and simply relaxed and let go. I cleared my schedule for the day. I meditated. I journaled. I regrouped. Give yourself this awesome gift and I promise you, you will have a new outlook on things when you come back.  **Remember what Einstein said:  “The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.”

Step 2: Remove the Energy Vampires from your life. You know who I mean…those negative friends, family members, co-workers, etc. who are trying to suck any positive thoughts you are having out of you. They often appear as “well-intentioned” folks, but that’s because you have something they want — a positive outlook. They want to feed on that like the vampire feeds on blood to survive. Limit your time with these people. Tell them you’re busy. Don’t feed into the negativity because that will kill your positive thoughts.

Step 3: Create a New Story.  Take a snapshot of your life as it is right now.  Actually sit down and write at least 1 page of what your life looks like and the challenges you are going through.

Then I want you to sit down and “re-write your story.”   That’s right…Create a brand new story using the challenges and obstacles in your life as stepping stones to greater awareness, learning and to achieving your dreams.  Write your “new” story as if your “future” self is telling a story to a friend (or an audience) and embrace the experience you had to go through to achieve the learning and the goal.

I hope this helps you stay positive!  I am working on my new story today and I encourage you to do the same.  In fact, feel free to send me your “new story” when you have it written.  I’d love to share it with others on my BLOG as a way to inspire people keep positive even when things are looking dim.  Remember, we only need faith as small as a mustard seed.  I know we can all muster up a mustard seeds’ worth of FAITH!

The Law of Attraction — Are you attracting your heart’s desires or detracting your heart’s desires?

The answer is easy.  What is currently in your life right now, in this moment, is what you have “attracted“.   So the question should be, “Are you happy with what you have attracted?

I know for me, when I started learning about the laws of attraction, I didn’t quite get it because there were numerous things in my life that I know I would never consciously choose.

How about you? Aren’t there at least a few things in your life right now that you know you would never say, “This is what I want”?  (me too)

Which leads us back to the Laws of Attraction…

So what is the Law of Attraction and how does it work?

I’ve done a lot of studying on the laws of attraction and here are just of few concepts I’ve learned:

• What we think about we bring about (often what we are “worrying” or “complaining” about  are actually the things we are “attracting”.)
• Our predominant thoughts create.  There are no neutral thoughts.  Many of our thoughts are on “automatic pilot” so to consciously create what you want in your life through the laws of attraction means to work on “consciously” gaining control over your dominant thoughts.
  
• We each vibrate at a certain energy level.  So the higher your thoughts, the higher your vibration. (I’ll talk more about this concept later in another blog about the book “Power vs. Force” by David Hawkins — which I highly recommend by the way.)

There is so much more I can say about the Laws of Attraction, but I wanted to introduce this idea to my readers to open up the conversation about the Laws of Attraction.  It is a powerful force that is either working for you or against you.  It works whether we are conscious of it or not.

If you’re interested in working on attracting more of what you want in your life…and less of what you don’t want…

I’ve broken down the Laws of Attraction into a few steps you can use to begin to implement in your life:

Step 1: Fine tune your desires.  Once you know in specifics what it is you want in your life, give attention to those desires.  (This actually takes a lot of time to do.  It sounds “easy” here, but it requires you to really take stock of your life and search your heart and get specific about what you want.  Very specific).

Step 2: Feel your Desires.  Focus on the feelings of having your desires come to fruition.  When you focus on the “absence” of those desires, you attract the “absence of those desires.”  For example, if I focus on the absence of a relationship, that is what I am attracting.  Instead I would focus my attention and feelings on having a positive, healthy relationship.

**Answering: There has to be a vibrational match.  You have to hold yourself in vibrational harmony with your desires.  You do this by imagining having those desires fulfilled and by enjoying the experience of it.

Step 3: Gratitude.  The more gratitude we have for what is already in our lives, we will attract more of the same and often, better.  Don’t focus on what’s missing in your life, focus on what is great about your life.

Step 4: Giving.  What you are lacking is what you are not giving.  Giving opens up the blocked faucet and starts the flow of giving and receiving.  I jokingly tell all my students, “Never turn down a gift.  Especially money and chocolate.”  Many times women turn down gifts or acts of kindness.  From here on out, I want you to accept all gifts.  If you can’t use the gift, give it to someone who can.  Keep the flow going; don’t block it.

So I’d love to hear from you about how the Laws of Attraction are working or not working in your life? Let’s talk about it!